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Comment by Tuarceata

Comment by remotettl

think 6 missing pieces will be frozen orbs :)

Comment by Drumlord

Arguebly, great belt for Elemental and Restoration Shamans, and also interesting for Holy Pallies.Correctly gemmed, this is in parè with the Belt of the Fallen Wyrm as the best choice of a Elemental Shaman on patch 3.1Obviously, one will probably cost all your savings, and the other one, your time.

Comment by Zliprdez

insane belt for holy pally. I got it 2 days ago...

Comment by Saigio

I thought Palidans lost levels if they equipped an item of chaotic alignment. What's going on here, Blizz?

Comment by Sarifna

This is absolutely amazing when socketed with an Eternal Belt Buckle, giving it a total of three gem sockets to be filled.

Comment by Loxy

As far as I can tell, this is BiS for resto. Not gonna pay ten large to get it instead of Belt of the Fallen Wyrm though >.>

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Comment by Theolol

This item was considered BiS for Holy Paladins, but patch 3.2 brought about several changes for them, one of the most impacting being: «Illumination: This talent now returns 30% of the mana cost of the spell instead of 60%.» Prior to this, a 60% mana return on every crit made gearing for crit rating more of a mana regeneration choice than anything else, since the extra critical healing you gained when using Holy Light had a diminished impact due to the already high overhealing that spell produces.

Not only did 3.2 cut crit rating's regeneration by 50%, it also improved all Mp5 by 25%: «Mana Regeneration: All items that provide "X mana per five seconds" have had the amount of mana they regenerate increased by approximately 25%.», while also reducing Divine Intellect from 15% to 10%.

Items such as Plate Girdle of Righteousness (the other Ulduar craftable Blue Belt of Chaos was compared to, both being the best belts available before 3.2 due to their sockets) then rose as having the best itemization combination, especially for HL use. It had more Mp5 and less intellect and haste instead of crit.

In a nuttshell: crit now being an underpowered stat you wouldn't gain a lot from stacking made haste the only option, offering more effective, reliable HPS. This still meant a nerf to regen, and therefore fully stacking intellect along with Mp5 kept gaining absolute prominence, in order to allow for those faster HLs to be cast more often.